This is causing my LED lights to flicker when in the off position. Any ideas why? Lights work great on a standard switch.
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Make sure that you have installed it correctly according to the instructions. It's a bit different than the conventional. The blue wire goes to the light's black. The switch's black wire goes to the black wire from the power source. Both white wires from the light and the power source (neutral) connect to this switch's white wire. It has to be done exactly like this or it won't work correctly. It notes that the switch "cannot be used if there is no neutral wire (white wires joint together) inside the electrical box."
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There is another model (RPLS540A) with the same features. It does not require a neutral wire but does require a minimum load. It says 40W on the package. Some of the reviews for this model (RPLS540A) say they have worked with a smaller load but if you consider that a single CFL or LED is only about 9-13W that could be a problem. I am using the RPLS540A with 8 LED can lights with no problem. The RPLS740 has a different design and it does not matter what type of light or load (up to the maximum rating) you use with it.
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I have several of these switches, and one on a set of LED lights and i do not have a problem with the "Flickering" Might want to check the connection to make sure you have a good connection on both the power and ground side.
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it may be because there is not enough resistance with just a couple of LED bulbs. I have the switch on my front yard with 6 LED lights without any issue. The only other thing I can think of is some LED's are polarity sensitive. They work either way, but if the nutural and line are reversed (and the fixture isn't grounded) it might flicker. Wish I could be more help...
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I've not tried this one, but I have other LED bulbs in DC dimming sockets that behave erratically when dimming. Dimming on LEDs is usally done by turn them on and off at different rates.
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Electrician here... this is most likely an issue with the switch you are using. Modern electronic style dimmers do not completely turn off the power when in the lowest (off) position. If you have an electronic dimmer switch look at it very closely and you should see a small pull tap (usually pretty inconspicuous), this is a "maintenance" off switch. Pull it out and see if your flickering goes away, if so then you will need to install a different switch.
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i havent had any problems with them. so im assuming that its not normal, if its just one id change it, but it sounds like your saying all are dimming out. May be an alternative issue, but it could very well be possible that its the cheap lights!?
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I would put the last one you put it in another pla see if it happens could be faulty wire on led move around if the one like Christmas lights recheck all connection let me know if works or not
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Hi Judy...i can't explain why it flickers. Mine flickered - or I should say the light screwed into it - in the twilight period before sunrise and sunset. Once it became totally dark or light, the flickering would stop. If your flickering continues during complete light or darkness then something is wrong with the unit if you had no problem with a standard bulb. I switched to an LED bulb with a built in dusk to dawn sensor and have not had any flickering issue.
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I've installed one of these switches with a LED floodlight from Home Depot. The light turns on fine, but when the switch is off, the light blinks about once every 2 seconds, like a flash. Very annoying. (And the directions specifically state to do NOT use with CFLs.) Get the EJ600 to use with LEDs.
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I just posted a photo showing the switch in the off position. The photo came out sideways, but you'll see the little green dots lit up to the point where the brightness had been set just before you turned the switch off.
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Strange...mine are completely off when the switch is off. There must be a small bit of power running through that circuit that the bulb is reacting to but I'm certainly no electrician!
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Have never had that problem, and we have two of them. I would say its a malfunction. Either a problem in your wiring or a defective switch.
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I have this switch on three circuits that utilize LED bulbs and one that uses halogen. With Halogen, it is flawless, but there is a flicker on each of the LED circuits, adjusting the amount of dim only works for a few minutes, and at the lowest setting, it will either turn off after a few minutes and/or they fail to illuminate when they are set to the lowest setting, when initially turned on.
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It is probably the crappy dimmer they use. I bought a cheap in-line switch and simplycut the dimmer-switch out. I also replaced the bulb with a 2.6 watt LED from ebay.Now I leave it on all of the time and it uses almost no power. (If you go with an LED try to get the shortest one you can. E12 candelabra base. And small LED's do notwork well with a dimmer. They tend to flicker.) Good luck
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Late now but for others reading this, a lot of wires for the lights get plugged in backwards. You can unplug it and flip it around/over and it will reverse the polarity that sometimes causes flickering or just not turning on.
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Mine flickers a bit no matter which bulb I have in. Don't know why or if it has happened to anyone else but overall it works
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I called Leviton on this question. According to Leviton, this switch is not able to fully turn off LED bulbs due to the very low current required to still produce light with LED bulbs. They said this socket would cause flickering instead of turning off.
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These lights are doing this for me as well. Also, when the traction control kicks in they dimly flicker. I have them all turned off as it's winter and don't want the extra battery drain from the extreme cold weather. Battery died once and promptly turned them all off. May take them out and replace the stock ones or find some that don't do this.
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I've never had this problem. An LED should NEVER get any more than slightly warm unless something is wrong.